Hendrix: The Ultimate Tribute - From The Makers of Classic Rock
Antonio G. Pereira © 2023 Antonio G. Pereira
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My, my, my... Here's a new one. A Hendrix magazine called, 'Hendrix: The Ultimate Tribute (Third Edition). Y'know, it's stuff like this, that makes me glad Hendrix' father Al Hendrix waited and was smart enough to get a reputable Journalist, and wrote his own autobiography; telling his own family history, himself (My Son Jimi by Al Hendrix with Jas Obrecht - https://amazon.com/My-Son-Jimi-James-Hendrix/dp/0966785711 After taking control of his son's Estate in court https://casetext.com/case/hendrix-v-branton , and removing Alan Douglas, it's surprising that things like 'Hendrix: The Ultimate Tribute' (mostly rehashed junk - Apparently, nobody here seems to know how to write a historical piece on a great musician without being gratuitously salacious and juvenile.) still sees the light of day. Strange that in this 'Ultimate Tribute', no mention is made of Mitch Mitchell's story about Hendrix taking him to sit in at his friend Joe Tex' gig at Town Hall, during the Electric Ladyland sessions; that was related by Mitch in his autobiography (with John Platt), 'Inside The Experience' - https://amazon.com/Jimi-Hendrix-Experience-Mitch Mitchell/dp/051757716X (I might also add that the group that Mitchell was in before the Experience was Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, that used to regularly play in the Flamingo. Georgie Fame's group covered just about all of the current Soul and Jazz music being made during the mid-sixties era. So we're talking about everyone from Jimmy Smith to Motown and Stax. The Flamingo was quite a popular London Club, run by the Gunnell Brothers (Rik and Johnny), and was frequented by British West Indian and British enthusiasts; and on the weekends they were joined by Black American Servicemen from a Military Base outside London. So it was packed. Before the Jimi Hendrix Experience debuted playing at this same club, when Mitch took Jimi (with Chas) to see where he used to play, and Jimi no doubt ran into some Servicemen from the Base in the Flamingo, you can imagine the scene. Or can you? Perhaps someone here in 'Hendrix: The Ultimate Tribute' - From The Makers of Classic Rock', will find the time or 'interest', to follow this up and try to find some of the people who were there. My point being, when Mitch told this story in his book about Jimi's friend Joe Tex, Hendrix knew full well what he was doing when he took Mitch with him. Yes the 60's was quite an interesting era, that is, if you look at it that way.) And I guess nobody bothered to interview Lonnie Youngblood (who is very much alive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Youngblood ), an old friend of Hendrix, that he jammed with at Small's Paradise in 1969. A photograph of that jam is on the cover of the LP 'Two Great Experiences Together'. https://amazon.com/Jimi-Hendrix-Lonnie-Youngblood-Experiences/dp/B000LZC34U
Spare me....
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